Luka Ivan Jukic
@ljukic.bsky.social
In related news for my Oxford-based followers, two days after that I will be talking about my book at the Summertown Library in Oxford. Also free to attend and open to the public!
September 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
In related news for my Oxford-based followers, two days after that I will be talking about my book at the Summertown Library in Oxford. Also free to attend and open to the public!
September 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🚨Attention Londoners!
In precisely two weeks I will be giving a talk at @uclssees.bsky.social on
the great historiographical challenge of writing Central European history.
It is free and open to the public and will be followed by a wine reception so please do join if you’re interested!
In precisely two weeks I will be giving a talk at @uclssees.bsky.social on
the great historiographical challenge of writing Central European history.
It is free and open to the public and will be followed by a wine reception so please do join if you’re interested!
September 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🚨Attention Londoners!
In precisely two weeks I will be giving a talk at @uclssees.bsky.social on
the great historiographical challenge of writing Central European history.
It is free and open to the public and will be followed by a wine reception so please do join if you’re interested!
In precisely two weeks I will be giving a talk at @uclssees.bsky.social on
the great historiographical challenge of writing Central European history.
It is free and open to the public and will be followed by a wine reception so please do join if you’re interested!
Truly phenomenal book
September 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Truly phenomenal book
The Oxfam gods were good to me today
September 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The Oxfam gods were good to me today
Also love the tasteful Kollar quote they put here for some reason. Someone did their research!
September 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Also love the tasteful Kollar quote they put here for some reason. Someone did their research!
Just discovered this fascinating report from 1949 warning of the dangers of Pan-Slavist subversion in the US (publishing by House Committee on Un-American Activities).
“51 percent of the workers in the coal and steel industries are of Slavic extraction…”
“51 percent of the workers in the coal and steel industries are of Slavic extraction…”
September 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Just discovered this fascinating report from 1949 warning of the dangers of Pan-Slavist subversion in the US (publishing by House Committee on Un-American Activities).
“51 percent of the workers in the coal and steel industries are of Slavic extraction…”
“51 percent of the workers in the coal and steel industries are of Slavic extraction…”
Heading to the Eternal City for the third time in as many years in a couple weeks.
If anyone has any good tips or recommendations for slightly less well-known things to do or see and places to eat or drink in Rome, I’m all ears!
If anyone has any good tips or recommendations for slightly less well-known things to do or see and places to eat or drink in Rome, I’m all ears!
September 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Heading to the Eternal City for the third time in as many years in a couple weeks.
If anyone has any good tips or recommendations for slightly less well-known things to do or see and places to eat or drink in Rome, I’m all ears!
If anyone has any good tips or recommendations for slightly less well-known things to do or see and places to eat or drink in Rome, I’m all ears!
Was Poland a part of Central Europe? Were Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia doomed? Could a certain friend of the show have saved his family's Danubian realm from collapse?
Dominic Sandbrook and I tackled the great questions of Central European history on the latest ep. of @theresthistory.bsky.social!
Dominic Sandbrook and I tackled the great questions of Central European history on the latest ep. of @theresthistory.bsky.social!
August 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Was Poland a part of Central Europe? Were Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia doomed? Could a certain friend of the show have saved his family's Danubian realm from collapse?
Dominic Sandbrook and I tackled the great questions of Central European history on the latest ep. of @theresthistory.bsky.social!
Dominic Sandbrook and I tackled the great questions of Central European history on the latest ep. of @theresthistory.bsky.social!
Amazing that London could have easily become Londonburg or Lundenburg or something similar
August 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Amazing that London could have easily become Londonburg or Lundenburg or something similar
It’s been a whirlwind week so I forgot to even say, but a huge thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the launch of Central Europe earlier this week 🙏
The view that every author dreams of!
The view that every author dreams of!
August 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It’s been a whirlwind week so I forgot to even say, but a huge thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the launch of Central Europe earlier this week 🙏
The view that every author dreams of!
The view that every author dreams of!
Quite a fascinating passage from here interpreting Britain’s WWII mythos (Dunkirk, the Blitz) an expression of traditional Protestant providentialism. Implies it was not so much WWII itself that united postwar Britain but a particularly Protestant interpretation of its significance!
August 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Quite a fascinating passage from here interpreting Britain’s WWII mythos (Dunkirk, the Blitz) an expression of traditional Protestant providentialism. Implies it was not so much WWII itself that united postwar Britain but a particularly Protestant interpretation of its significance!
Learning from this that not only did the Welsh historically refer to the English simply as ‘Saxons’, but Scottish Highlanders also saw the English and Scots speaking Lowlaners and the English collectively as ‘Saxons’ too
August 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Learning from this that not only did the Welsh historically refer to the English simply as ‘Saxons’, but Scottish Highlanders also saw the English and Scots speaking Lowlaners and the English collectively as ‘Saxons’ too
Especially humbled by this review because Beneš - besides being an authority on Central European history in general - wrote one of the books I enjoyed most while researching my own, exploring the complex interplay of nationalism and socialism in pre-WWI Austria. Highly recommend!
August 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Especially humbled by this review because Beneš - besides being an authority on Central European history in general - wrote one of the books I enjoyed most while researching my own, exploring the complex interplay of nationalism and socialism in pre-WWI Austria. Highly recommend!
“In his provocative and enjoyable new book, Luka Ivan Jukic argues that Central Europe should be understood less as a specific place than as a specific time, one that was irreversibly lost in the cataclysms of the 20th century…
August 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“In his provocative and enjoyable new book, Luka Ivan Jukic argues that Central Europe should be understood less as a specific place than as a specific time, one that was irreversibly lost in the cataclysms of the 20th century…
“If you want to understand how and why Germany, Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia and Croatia acquired their current forms and locations, this is a good place to start.”
A fresh review from Kieran Williams in this week’s @thetls.bsky.social
A fresh review from Kieran Williams in this week’s @thetls.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“If you want to understand how and why Germany, Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia and Croatia acquired their current forms and locations, this is a good place to start.”
A fresh review from Kieran Williams in this week’s @thetls.bsky.social
A fresh review from Kieran Williams in this week’s @thetls.bsky.social
After years of hard work and months of even harder waiting, it’s an incredible feeling to announce that CENTRAL EUROPE is officially out! 🥳
Go and pick up a copy at any good bookshop!
Go and pick up a copy at any good bookshop!
August 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
After years of hard work and months of even harder waiting, it’s an incredible feeling to announce that CENTRAL EUROPE is officially out! 🥳
Go and pick up a copy at any good bookshop!
Go and pick up a copy at any good bookshop!
Which way, Times reader?
August 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Which way, Times reader?
Their first guide was also great, exploring the lands across the Adriatic and eastern Med once ruled from Venice
August 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Their first guide was also great, exploring the lands across the Adriatic and eastern Med once ruled from Venice
In more exciting news for Central Europhiles, the latest
Extinguished Countries guide is out! A beautifully-printed travel guide to an empire that no longer exists, but whose legacy confronts unsuspecting tourists at every turn. Such a cool project with so many more countries to explore!
Extinguished Countries guide is out! A beautifully-printed travel guide to an empire that no longer exists, but whose legacy confronts unsuspecting tourists at every turn. Such a cool project with so many more countries to explore!
August 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
In more exciting news for Central Europhiles, the latest
Extinguished Countries guide is out! A beautifully-printed travel guide to an empire that no longer exists, but whose legacy confronts unsuspecting tourists at every turn. Such a cool project with so many more countries to explore!
Extinguished Countries guide is out! A beautifully-printed travel guide to an empire that no longer exists, but whose legacy confronts unsuspecting tourists at every turn. Such a cool project with so many more countries to explore!
🚨 Fresh discount alert!
August 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🚨 Fresh discount alert!
FYI to all the Brits out there - though the official release date is a couple weeks away, you can already get your hands on it!
August 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
FYI to all the Brits out there - though the official release date is a couple weeks away, you can already get your hands on it!
August 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"Luka Ivan Jukic... [aims] to show that Central European history is much more than the sum of its parts”.
CENTRAL EUROPE in the Sunday Times this morning with a perceptive review by Europe Editor Peter Conradi, give it a read below!
CENTRAL EUROPE in the Sunday Times this morning with a perceptive review by Europe Editor Peter Conradi, give it a read below!
August 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"Luka Ivan Jukic... [aims] to show that Central European history is much more than the sum of its parts”.
CENTRAL EUROPE in the Sunday Times this morning with a perceptive review by Europe Editor Peter Conradi, give it a read below!
CENTRAL EUROPE in the Sunday Times this morning with a perceptive review by Europe Editor Peter Conradi, give it a read below!